Best Tim Lanning Podcasts (2025)

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Anthony Scaramucci: Elon Musk’s Trump Exit, Tim Cook’s Tariff Problem 1:04:06

14m ago1:04:06

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Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner at SkyBridge Capital, and host of The Rest Is Politics US. Scaramucci joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about his brief experience as Trump's communication director, what derailed Elon Musk’s White House stint, the problems with Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill,' the state of the trade war, Tim C…

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Episode 14: VauxALL the Way: They boys unpack Tim’s Tribute to the Griffin 25:23

3d ago25:23

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in Episode 14, the boys are talking about VauxALL, Tim's very own car show that pays tribute to all things Vauxhall, Opel and Bedford. What were the highlights from the 2025 show? What was the best club stand? And what's up next for the UK's leading Vauxhall show? Find out in this episode which, for many unexplai…

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Mass AI-Driven Unemployment, NVIDIA Surges, CEOs' AI Avatars Unleashed 51:53

4d ago51:53

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prophesy that 50% of entry level work will disappear 2) Hype or true: Is mass AI-driven unemployment just marketing? 3) How Amodei's prediction could come true 4) How work might shift even before job loss, as in the case of A…

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She Wants AI To Help You Thrive, Not Just Keep You Company — Y-Lan Boureau 1:04:05

6d ago1:04:05

1:04:05

Y-Lan Boureau is the founder & CEO of ThrivePal, an OpenAI-funded AI startup, and a former Meta AI researcher. Boureau joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss why the next frontier for AI should be science‑backed coaching that nudges us toward healthier habits and deeper real‑world relationships. Tune in to hear how large‑language models can push u…

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Book 5: Episode 2 - Blacklight Discotech University 1:21:52

9d ago1:21:52

1:21:52

The dreaded cliff-hanger ending of chapter 2 is immediately un-hung, thankfully, in chapter 3! You can see the resolution on the Amanda saga on the next page once your finished chapter 2!!! Why did they do that?!?! New book-club-style episodes will be released every other week, with periodic deep-dives into fun topics like Dispensationalism, the ri…

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Episode 13: Can an Electric Vauxhall convince Tim & Ian? 34:05

10d ago34:05

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in Episode 13, Tim takes Ian for a coffee in the all-new Vauxhall Grandland AND... it's the pure Electric one... So, what do Tim and Ian think of Vauxhall's new SUV? Will this new mega-spec family car win them over or is it really just a Peugeot with Griffin badges? Time to find out... Recorded in May 2025.…

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OpenAI's Jony Ive Moment, Anthropic's Big New Model, Google Enters 'AI Mode' 50:58

11d ago50:58

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Alex's unexpected Sergey Brin interview 2) Jony Ive sells his IO device company to OpenAI 3) What this device could be 4) Is Jony + Sam bad for Apple? 5) Could this device work? 6) What the move to ambient assistants could signal for tech 7) Anthropic's …

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis + Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: Scaling AI, AGI Timeline, Simulation Theory 30:47

13d ago30:47

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Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind. Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google. The two leading tech executives join Alex Kantrowitz for a live interview at Google's IO developer conference to discuss the frontiers of AI research. Tune in to hear their perspective on whether scaling is tapped out, how reasoning techniques have performed, wha…

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Google DeepMind CTO: Advancing AI Frontier, New Reasoning Methods, Video Generation’s Potential 29:51

14d ago29:51

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Koray Kavukcuoglu is the Chief Technology Officer of Google DeepMind. Kavukcuoglu joins Big Technology to discuss how his team is pushing the frontier of AI research inside Google as the company's Google IO developer event gets underway. Tune in to hear Kavukcuoglu break down the value of brute scale versus novel techniques and how the new inferenc…

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Is ChatGPT The Last Website?, Grok’s System Prompt, Meta’s llama Fiasco 54:47

18d ago54:47

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT ranks No. 5 among all websites worldwide 2) ChatGPT is the only website among the top ranked by SimilarWeb that is growing 3) How do chatbots get information if they replace the web? 4) Grok's 'white genocide' messaging campaign 5) What's in a sy…

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AI’s Drawbacks: Environmental Damage, Bad Benchmarks, Outsourcing Thinking — With Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna 1:01:55

20d ago1:01:55

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Emily  Bender is a computational linguistics professor at the University of Washington. Alex Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute. Bender and Hanna join Big Technology to discuss what their new book, “The AI‑Con," which they describe as the layered ways today’s language‑model boom obscures environmental costs, …

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Book 5: Episode 1 - Christianity (for women) 1:04:50

25d ago1:04:50

1:04:50

Welcome to episode 1 of the 5th Left Behind Book - Apollyon! Listen as the Tribulation Force plans for a meeting and then leaves us hanging with a huge and annoying cliffhanger. New book-club-style episodes will be released every other week, with periodic deep-dives into fun topics like Dispensationalism, the rise of the Religious Right, and unhing…

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Episode 12: The Gaydon Land Rover Show 29:33

24d ago29:33

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 12, the boys are at the Gaydon Land Rover Show. Join Tim and Ian as they walk the show talking all things Land Rover... from oil spills to the best Series 1 the UK. Oh, and Tim still hasn't had a baby... Recorded in May 2025.By Tim Watson & Ian Arthur

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OpenAI’s New Structure, Apple Replacing Google With AI?, Cheating With ChatGPT 55:00

25d ago55:00

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI has another new top executive structure 2) What is Sam Altman's role now? 3) Who is Fidji Simo, OpenAI's new CEO of Applications 4) OpenAI abandons total for-profit conversion 5) Microsoft's demands on OpenAI 6) Could Apple replace Google as the d…

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Is AI Scaling Dead? — With Gary Marcus 54:22

27d ago54:22

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Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist, author, and longtime AI skeptic. Marcus joins Big Technology to discuss whether large‑language‑model scaling is running into a wall. Tune in to hear a frank debate on the limits of “just add GPUs" and what that means for the next wave of AI. We also cover data‑privacy fallout from ad‑driven assistants, open‑sou…

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Episode 11: The boys have a breakdown (each) and the new V8 Land Rover has a problem... 42:48

1M ago42:48

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 11, the boys share their breakdown stories, with Tim's Jag going bang on the German Autobahn and Ian abandoning his Monza in France... Tim has also found a new car that is "free" to drive for 15,000 miles... and another car that has emitted more than 94 TONNES of CO2. Meanwhile, Ian has details of a ne…

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The ‘AI-First Company,’ Big Tech Mega Earnings, NVIDIA vs. Anthropic 1:05:30

1M ago1:05:30

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) What an 'AI-First Company' is 2) Aaron Levie's AI-first memo to Box. 3) Luis von Ahn's AI-first memo to Duolingo 4) Tobi Lutke's AI-first memo to Shopify 5) Can non-tech company be AI-first? 6) Apple earnings 7) Apple's federal government issues 8) Micros…

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Amazon's Head Of Prime on Tariffs, Alexa Plus Rollout, and AI Differentiation — With Jamil Ghani 55:50

1M ago55:50

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Jamil Ghani is Amazon’s Vice President of Prime. Ghani joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Amazon's position in the ongoing trade war and how Alexa Plus combined with Prime will appeal to its customers. Tune in to hear Ghani debunk the headline about tariff price labels, walk through Alexa Plus’s rollout, and outline why Amazon believes its app…

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Episode 10: Car magazines, morris dancers and Tim predicts the future... 36:32

1M ago36:32

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 10, the boys back at the pub but there is a problem... out front are morris dancers, inside in live music and out back is a league match of Aunt Sally... thankfully, the boys manage to find a quiet corner for this week's episode. This week, Ian has brought along a collection of car magazines, one of wh…

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Is Anthropic’s Claude AI Conscious?, Shopping in ChatGPT, Systrom vs. Zuck 1:07:06

1M ago1:07:06

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Anthropic researcher's assertion that there's a 15% chance Claude is conscious 2) What happens if people believe AI is sentient? 3) Why consciousness and intelligence are different 4) Hey, is this all just marketing? 5) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's push f…

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Generative AI 101: Tokens, Pre-training, Fine-tuning, Reasoning — With Dylan Patel 42:09

1M ago42:09

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Dylan Patel is the founder and CEO of SemiAnalysis. He joins Big Technology Podcast to explain how generative AI work, explaining the inner workings of tokens, pre-training, fine-tuning, open source, and reasoning. We also cover DeepSeek’s efficiency breakthrough, the race to build colossal AI data centers, and what GPT-5’s hybrid training approach…

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Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?, Is AI The New Social Media?, Zuck’s Revealing Testimony 52:49

2M ago52:49

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Is OpenAI's o3 model AGI? 2) Maybe it's AGI when you squint 3) Why people are floating the idea that OpenAi is close to AGI 4) Is OpenAI going to declare that GPT-5 is AGI 5) What's in it for companies saying they've achieved AGI first? 6) AI's new memory…

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Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao 1:05:15

2M ago1:05:15

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Grace Shao is a Hong Kong-based writer and analyst, and author of AI Proem on Substack newsletter. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss China's rise in artificial intelligence, and whether (and how) it can be a global player. Tune in to hear how China's AI startups are rapidly productizing cutting-edge tech, why it keeps developing open-sour…

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Episode 9: Ian takes Tim's Calibra Turbo to a Classic Car Meet 30:10

2M ago30:10

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 9, the boys are going to the Banbury Car and Bike meet in two of Tim's Calibras. There is also a special guest, Olivia, Ian's 11 year-old daughter. So, what will Ian make of Tim's precious Turbo and what will the boys find at the show... hundreds of cars and bikes turned up so sit back and end your pin…

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A Week of Trade War Chaos & What's Next For Tech 55:20

2M ago55:20

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Ranjan's experience during the financial crisis 2) The uncertainty around operating a business today 3) Why bond traders are important 4) Could the U.S. position in global trade decline? 5) Was it the tariffs or the rollout that's causing chaos? 6) Why Ap…

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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on AI Competition, Agents, And Tariffs 57:52

2M ago57:52

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Thomas Kurian is the CEO of Google Cloud Platform. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how AI is changing the competitive balance in cloud services and why he believes Google has a chance to win. We also discuss the various use cases Google customers are finding for GenAI in the technology's early days, and whether the agent buzz is real. Fi…

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Special Report: Tariffs and Turmoil — With Ryan Petersen and Adam Parker 1:11:01

2M ago1:11:01

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Ryan Petersen is the CEO of Flexport. Adam Parker is the CEO of Trivariate Research. Today we host an 'emergency' special report on the impact of tariffs on tech and the economy. Join us for the first half where Petersen breaks down what the administration is hoping to do with its tariff policy, whether it's advisable, what the near and long term i…

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Episode 8: What makes a car a classic? And are they really worth the money? 32:29

2M ago32:29

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 8, the boys are answering the big question... make made a car a classic? According to Tim, there are three important things. They also look at the prices of classic cars, many of which have sky rocketed in recent years. Justified or not? There is a clear answer. Oh, and the doggo also steals Ian's snac…

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman: Building AI Personality, OpenAI Relationship, Data Center Demand, AGI Timeline 55:59

2M ago55:59

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Mustafa Suleyman is the CEO of Microsoft AI and a co-founder of DeepMind. He joins Big Technology to discuss Microsoft's strategy to build more personalized and emotionally intelligent AI companions. Tune in to hear how Microsoft is differentiating its AI offerings through personality design, memory features, and action capabilities that could tran…

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OpenAI Raises $40 billion, Is AI a Letdown?, Musk Sells X to xAI 1:03:02

2M ago1:03:02

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's $40 billion fundraise 2) Is the $40 billion number real? 3) Can OpenAI live up to the expectations that come along with the money? 4) What OpenAI will spend the cash on 5) AI products are growing fast 6) Would you go to AI therapy? 7) Is AI a let…

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MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL: Our mum's cars PLUS what is the perfect parent car? 36:26

2M ago36:26

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Welcome to this special episode of A Pint of Petrol... the boys are talking about the most important people in the world... that's right, our mums! Join Tim Watson and Ian Arthur as they share stories from their childhood, talk about the cars their mums owned AND answer the big question... what is the perfect parent car? Recorded in March 2025.…

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OpenAI’s Ghibli Moment, CoreWeave's IPO Letdown, End of Silicon Valley’s Monopoly? 58:58

2M ago58:58

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Brian McCullough is the host of Techmeme Ride Home. He's back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why everyone's using ChatGPT to make Ghibli art 2) What is Ghibli 3) OpenAI's product dominance stands out 4) The Studio Ghibli copyright question 5) The AI servers are at capacity 6) The AI datacenters are still probably bu…

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AI's Rising Risks: Hacking, Virology, Loss of Control — With Dan Hendrycks 1:14:55

2M ago1:14:55

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Dan Hendrycks is the Director and co-founder of the Center for AI Safety, and an advisor to Scale AI and xAI. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of AI's growing risk profile, and what to do about it. Tune in to hear Hendricks explain why virology expertise in AI models is an immediate concern and how these systems might soon enable de…

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SPECIAL: Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show (Plus watch on YouTube) 51:06

2M ago51:06

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Welcome to this special episode of A Pint of Petrol... the boys have both taken two rusty old Vauxhalls to the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Search for Our Tim or click here: https://youtu.be/RheYAtdfmbY Ian's Monza is missing many body parts and is more rust than metal, whilst Tim's Calibra SE…

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NVIDIA’s New Roadmap, State of OpenAI, Apple Shuffles Siri Team 1:00:01

2M ago1:00:01

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Amir Efrati is the co-executive editor of The Information. He's back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Is there a market for NVIDIA's GPU chips outside of the cloud providers? 2) Why NVIDIA is making the case that we're early in the AI buildout 3) Whether NVIDIA's focus on Robotics is real or marketing 4) NVIDIA's chip…

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Why Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun 1:02:22

3M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the strengths and limitations of current AI models, weighing in on why they've been unable to invent new things despite possessing almost all the world's written knowledge. LeCun digs deep into AI science, explaining why AI systems must build an abstract knowle…

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Episode 5: Cars WE want... how the UK car parc is changing and two cars we both REALLY want... 41:55

3M ago41:55

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol... in episode 5, the boys are looking at the UK car parc and how it is changing in more ways that we realise. There is some surprising stats and worrying facts coming up... and two cars both Ian and Tim REALLY want. Oh, and the doggo has a bit of an accident... Recorded in February 2025.…

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Gruber Slams Apple, Tech Stocks In Freefall, Vibecoding & OpenAI's Agents 1:01:50

3M ago1:01:50

1:01:50

Reed Albergotti is the technology editor at Semafor. He's back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Gruber turns on Apple 2) Has Apple lost its credibility? 3) Apple stock takes a hit after downgrades 4) Will we even use a phone in the future? 5) Will AI investing stop in a tough market? 6) The spectrum of AI outcomes and …

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Roblox CEO: We Want AI To Generate Full Games — With David Baszucki 51:47

3M ago51:47

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David Baszucki is the CEO of Roblox. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how the company envisions generative AI playing into game creation on Roblox. Tune in to hear his vision for a future where users can prompt entire game experiences and modify them in real time using AI. We also cover child safety concerns, Hindenburg Research allegatio…

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Episode 4: He's got £25,000 to buy a car... but there is a catch. 20:00

3M ago20:00

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Welcome back to the fourth episode of A Pint of Petrol... this week, the boys are trying to help Tim's much-loved petrolhead friend Robert Denton find a new car. After his Peugeot was stolen and written off, a crowd-funding campaign raised more then £25,000 for Robert, who has autism, to get him back on the road. BUT there is a catch... the funds h…

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Apple’s Siri Embarrassment, Microsoft’s OpenAI Dilemma, Will AI Take Our Jobs? 1:00:21

3M ago1:00:21

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Siri’s poor performance 2) Amazon leaves Apple in the dust 3) Should Apple replace Siri with ChatGPT? 4) Apple’s market cap is closer to $4 trillion than $3 trillion 5) Microsoft and OpenAI’s evolving relationship 6) Why AI wrappers are rising 7) Will AI …

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How Amazon Rebuilt Alexa From The Ground Up — With Panos Panay and Daniel Rausch 56:42

3M ago56:42

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Panos Panay is the senior vice president of Devices & Services at Amazon. Daniel Rausch is the Vice President of Alexa at Amazon. The two join Big Technology Podcast to discuss how the company rearchitected Alexa, blending a deterministic system with the latest generative AI technology to create something that can both turn your lights off and spea…

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Episode 3: Depreciation Disaster! These BRAND NEW cars & vans have LOST THOUSANDS! 36:58

3M ago36:58

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Welcome back to the third episode of A Pint of Petrol. Ian is in the driving seat this week and has found several brand new cars and vans that have LOST THOUSANDS off their list price. This is even before they have had a SINGLE OWNER, and some have covered just ONE MILE. Ian also shares a new heritage scheme from Renault and Tim sets them both a ch…

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OpenAI’s New Model, Jensen’s Bold Claim, Alexa+ Is Here 59:49

3M ago59:49

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's release of GPT 4.5 2) Is GPT 4.5 a major advance or what? 3) What better EQ gets you in an AI model 4) What reasoning advances can be built on top of GPT 4.5 5) Is AI product or model more important? (cont.) 6) Gary Marcus says OpenAI is in troub…

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OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen: GPT 4.5 is Live and Scaling Isn’t Dead 24:55

3M ago24:55

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Mark Chen is the chief research officer at OpenAI. Chen joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the debut of GPT 4.5, the company's largest model, which is going live today. In this bonus episode, Chen speaks about what the new model says about the AI scaling wall, how scaling traditional GPT models compares to reasoning models like OpenAI's o1, ho…

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The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes 1:00:51

3M ago1:00:51

1:00:51

Chris Hayes is the author of The Siren's Call: How Attention Became The World's Most Endangered Resource and the host of MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his No. 1 bestselling book, digging into why he wrote it, how news differs from social platforms (and to what degree), and why We also cover the strange …

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Episode 2: Possibly the BEST car advert in years... 30:49

3M ago30:49

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Welcome back to A Pint of Petrol. Recorded in February 2025, the second episode picks up from where we left off in Episode 1, with a closer look at our first cars... We also discuss one of the best car adverts either of us have seen in years and discuss one of the most dangerous elements of the Electric Vehicle...…

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Episode 1: How your First Car has changed and what Gen-Z really wants in theirs... 25:56

3M ago25:56

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Welcome to the very first episode of A Pint of Petrol. Recorded in February 2025, this first episode looks at our First Cars and how these have changed the years. Auto Trader recently surveyed 1,000 17-25 year olds and 1,000 47-55 year olds today, who were aged 17-25 in 1994. How have things changed in the last 30 years and what does Gen Z really w…

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Too Many AI Companies, Amazon's Alexa Upgrade Awaits, RIP Humane Pin 1:00:06

3M ago1:00:06

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Satya Nadella's criticism of AI benchmark hacking 2) Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's new Thinking Machines Lab startup 3) There are too many AI startups 4) Why foundation models have commoditized 5) Did Google 'DeepSeek' itself? 6) Grok3 arrives 7) How do you…

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Will Big Tech CEOs Win Their All-In Bet on Trump? — With Saagar Enjeti 58:08

3M ago58:08

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Saagar Enjeti is the co-host of Breaking Points. He joins Big Technology podcast to asses whether the Big Tech CEOs will win their Trump bet, assessing the stakes involved, the positioning, and the likely outcomes. We talk about Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, and, of course, Elon Musk. Stay tuned as we discuss how the U.S. an…

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